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Mac OS X Leopard vs Windows Vista 2: The Indirect Choice

Apple is strongest where Microsoft is weakest, and vice versa. Despite the intense interest in pitting Apple against Microsoft, Leopard and Vista simply aren’t direct competitors. Read More… Contributed by: Daniel Eran, RDM

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Opinion

Leopard vs Vista 1: Prerelease Marketing

The biggest hurdle in directly comparing Mac OS X Leopard against Windows Vista is that Apple and Microsoft have very different marketing strategies, particularly when it comes to prerelease software. Why is Apple so Secretive? described this in greater detail. Here’s the difference of ‘known knowns.’

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: CoolBook adjusts Core Duo voltage and clock speed

Hot on the heels of my story yesterday about undervolting your Core Duo CPU to save on battery and heat comes a nifty piece of shareware. CoolBook is a GUI to control CPU clock speed and voltage. It’s like the author was reading my mind!